1/72 B-52D "Big Belly" Racks

Hi Aceone,

If you PM me and provide an email address, I’ll send you a copy of my instructions for building a loaded bomb clip. You may have problems with getting 28 scale MK82 500 lb bombs for the clip. There are several ways you can approach this:

  1. If you know of someone who does 3D printing, they can probably do them for you fairly cheap.

  2. Instead of the 28 500 lb bombs, you can build the clip to hold 14 MK117 750 lb bombs, which are more readily available. The clips are built the same way but using only two panels (see photo below).

  1. If the plane is going to be displayed on its wheels, you could add only the bottom one or two rows of bombs. That’s about all that can be seen anyway with the bomb doors open.

If you build a clip, please post your progress here on the forums. Good luck and let me know if I can help in any way.

Cheers,

Russ

PS: Many thanks to you, Pawel, for showcasing my build!

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Hey, BTW just by coincidence I saw this:

1:72 B-52 Heavy Stores Adapter Beams (HSAB) – Titan Model Kits

Click-2-Detail makes 3-D printed B-52 wing pylons with HSABs. This might be worthwhile investing in, as they are more visible than the “Big Belly” clips mounted in situ.

They also offer an XB-52 conversion kit, which looks super cool!

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Good info, RealG. Thanks!

The bomb clip build picks up here in my ARC LIGHT build:

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t.perkins37@yahoo.com

Hi, also great job and thanks for your service. Do you also have any reference photos for the ejection seats?

Thank you. I’ll send you what photos I have.